Amidst the current fuel hike, the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT) says it has built workshops across the country to assist Nigerians in converting their petrol-powered vehicles to autogas.
Director-General of the institute, Dr Bayero Salih-Farah, said that the institute has been working on the project for a year and is ready to begin the conversion in the next two to three weeks.
Salih-Farah explained that the transport institute had been working with some manufacturers of the conversion kits, which would be used at its workshops to enable Nigerians to convert cheaper from PMS to autogas.
His words:
“We have sensitised relevant stakeholders across the country at different fora on the need for Nigerians to migrate from the use of PMS to gas.
“Gas is very cheap than petrol; it is also cleaner and convenient; Nigerians will be able to save a lot of money when they convert their vehicles from petrol to autogas.
“The cost of transport will come down drastically because the money required to refill a tank using an autogas will be 40 per cent lower than the money required filling a tank using petrol.”
Salih-Farah said using autogas would also substantially reduce environmental pollution in the country and appealed to Nigerians to take advantage of the initiative.
